The SOFIA flying telescope has captured a new panoramic image of the center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. The image shows a region more than 600 light-years across, revealing unprecedented details within the center’s dense swirls of gas and dust. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/new-image-milky-way-center-sofia-video…
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What is the asteroid belt?
The asteroid belt is a region of our solar system – between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter – in which many small bodies orbit our sun. Here’s a good basic introduction. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/what-is-the-asteroid-belt…
Earth closest to sun on January 4-5
We reach our closest point to the sun for 2020 on January 4 or 5, depending on your time zone. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/earth-comes-closest-to-sun-every-year-in-early-january…
How to Make a Plan for Your Life and Set Personal Goals
Have you ever stopped to think about what you really want your life to be like? Dr. Richard Shell, an award-winning scholar, teacher, and author at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has found that most people don’t. Luckily, he can help you get started. Below, listen to the conversation or read the […]
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Syd Mead, Visionary ‘Blade Runner’ Artist and Futurist, Dies at 86
sandbagger writes: Visual artist and futurist Syd Mead, who helped shape the look of influential sci-fi films including “Blade Runner,” “Tron,” “Aliens” and “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” died Monday of complications from lymphoma in Pasadena, Calif. He was 86. Mead was set to receive the Art Directors Guild’s William Cameron Menzies Award during the Guild’s 24th Annual awards in February…
Google/NASA/Maxar Images Reveal This Decade’s Engineering Accomplishments As Seen From Space
USA Today wondered how this decade’s new construction would look from space. “With the help of Maxar, a provider of advanced, space-based technology solutions, Google and NASA, we’ve taken many more steps back — more than 300 miles above Earth to be exact.” As Apple stormed toward becoming one of the most valuable companies on the planet, its campus in Cupertino,…
Top 9 EarthSky images of 2019
Wow! This was a tough choice. Thank you to all who submitted photos in 2019! Here are a few of our favorites. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/favorite-earthsky-images-photos-2019…
Scientists Store Data in Synthetic DNA Embedded in a Plastic Bunny
A new method for preserving genetically encoded data into common manufacturing materials is reported. From a report: The future of digital memory may be inside a small plastic bunny that contains 3-D printing instructions for replicating itself stored in artificial DNA, said scientists Monday, who announced a method for mixing genetically encoded data into common manufacturing materials. The scientists sealed the…
Cassiopeia, Queen of the north
Cassiopeia – sometimes called The Lady of the Chair – is famous for having the shape of a telltale W or M. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/cassiopeia-high-in-the-north-on-winter-evenings…
Don’t miss these cyclones on Jupiter, and more
The Juno spacecraft’s last perijove – or closest point to Jupiter – resulted in a treasure trove of images. Its next perijove is coming up on December 26. Get updated here, and view Juno’s latest amazing images. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/jupiter-juno-cyclones-images-dec-2019…